The final competitor punches his ticket to the semifinals, one fighter becomes an outcast to his team, a team enacts its revenge on the other, and some MMA legends swing by the UFC Training Center.

Welcome to episode No. 7 of “The Ultimate Fighter 14.”

Without further adieu, let’s jump in to this week’s action.

Storylines

Team Miller No. 4 bantamweight pick Roland Delorme, who meets Team Bisping’s No. 2 pick T.J Dillashaw, can hide his infected foot no longer. The teammates learn about his ailment, and like Roland, they worry he may not be ready in five days for his fight.

Famed trainer and former fighter and Chute Boxe coach Rafael Cordeiro drops by a Team Miller session. “The guy is a legend,” Jason Miller says. The fighters are obviously thrilled he’s there, and they soak in his instructions during the session.

At a Team Bisping session, Michael Bisping brings in former champ and UFC legend Tito Ortiz, who coached Bisping during “TUF 3.” Ortiz teaches his trademark ground and pound to the eager students.

Back at the house, Team Bisping fighters discuss their annoyance with T.J., who told the team and coaches he should have an easier opening-round fight (against the lightly regarded Roland) for an easier road to the semifinals. He believes he’s so good that he deserves special treatment, they believe. Akira Corassani and Diego Brandao decide they’ll make T.J. pay with in the next day’s training session. “T.J., you’re going down tomorrow,” Diego says to the camera. Sure enough, they target T.J., and Diego goes extra tough during grappling. Akira does the same in sparring. Marcus Brimage is up next, and with T.J. already heated, tempers boil over. Bisping intervenes but thinks the heated sessions actually will prepare T.J. better. But when Akira tells Bisping they planned to “knock him out” to teach him a lesson, he realizes he needs to talk to the whole team and cool things down.

At a Team Miller session, Roland returns from the doctor, and he’s cleared to fight. He’s supposed to take it easy, but he’s good to go. Thankfully, weight won’t be a problem since the infection kept him from gaining weight. He tries to “knock the rust off” during a workout, and the coaches work closely with him.

At the following Team Bisping session, the coaches discuss a strategy for T.J. They believe he’s the most well-rounded fighter they have and that he can win the fight wherever he wants. While Team Bisping is inside, specifically assistant coach Tiki Ghosn, Miller has concrete highway barricades lifted in to block in his car. The team hears the trucks just as it’s too late, and Miller takes a bow before leaving with a smile on his face as Tiki wonders how he’s going to free his car.

Pre-fight

The teams convene at the UFC Training Center for official weigh-ins. T.J. and Roland both weigh 135 pounds. T.J. has the clear height advantage, though.

Roland discusses how he made just $20,000 working last year and had to sell his restaurant before coming on “TUF.” T.J. is just anxious to get in the cage after waiting so long.

UFC president Dana White does the pre-fight introductions, and referee Steve Mazzagatti calls the action and gets the fight started.

The fighters trade low kicks before T.J. catches a kick and forces the fight to the mat. Roland is back up and frees himself from a guillotine choke. T.J. catches another kick and forces the fight to the mat. Roland tries to pull him close, but T.J. postures up and delivers some solid ground and pound before moving to side control. Roland tries to wall walk and eventually gets back to his feet. T.J. lands a nice uppercut and follows with a couple solid punches before wrapping the hips and forcing the fight to the mat. He works his way to Roland’s back, but Roland turns. T.J. has partial mount, though, and unloads some punches before settling in half guard. T.J. mixes in more punches and then stands and rains down more. Roland gets back to his feet, but T.J. grabs a single leg, kicks out the other leg and again takes the fight to the mat. Working from side control, T.J. locks in an arm-triangle choke, but Roland again escapes and gets back to his feet. With T.J. slowing, Roland lands a nice kick-punch combo, but T.J. wrestles his way to another takedown before the round ends. It’s all T.J., who takes it 10-9.

In the second round, T.J. immediately connects on a big straight right that drops Roland. T.J. briefly celebrates but then realizes he actually needs to finish the fight. He follows Roland to the mat, unloads more punches, and then moves to side control. A series of elbows land to the face, and he draws blood. Roland controls the wrists to briefly stop the assault, but T.J. rears up and delivers more heavy elbows and punches. Roland tries to get back up, but he just doesn’t have the energy. Eventually, T.J. hops on his back and forces a tap-out from a rear-naked choke.

T.J. celebrates the victories, and the teams console Roland, who gets some congratulations on lasting as long as he did.

With the Team Bisping win, Team Miller’s lead diminishes a bit to 5-3 at the end of the quarterfinal fights.

Semifinal matchups

With the opening round done, Dana and the coaches meet to discuss the semifinal matchups in both weight classes. One fight will have to include two Team Miller fighters.

Each fighter gets to his state his case. And perhaps not surprisingly, a lot of guys want John Dodson, who’s been a mole all season. Johnny Bedford makes the most compelling argument for fighting his teammate.

Ultimately, there seems to be a consensus among the coaches and Dana. And the matchups are announced as the teams converge at the UFC Training Center. They include:

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